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Commenting on the Uber’s decision to link executive pay to diversity targets, Debbie Ramsay, director of business ethics advisers GoodCorporation said: “Too often companies publish statements about diversity or inclusion but make no real effort to incentivise staff, particularly at a senior level, to live up to them. Uber’s decision therefore, to link the bonus…
Lord Bilimoria, host of our summer 2019 ethics debate, introduced the discussion by affirming the significant, but often overlooked, contribution that businesses make to society – providing jobs which generate taxes, which in turn allow our modern society to function for the greater good. He spoke from his own experience of the pressure corporates often…
A recent spate of director disqualifications in the construction sector by the Competition and Markets Authority has raised the spectre of corrupt behaviour once again. Building Magazine spoke to Leo Martin for its feature article on corrupt behaviour in the construction industry. Joey Gardiner asked how big a problem this really is and whether attitudes…
The Department of Justice (DoJ) Criminal Division has issued updated guidance on how prosecutors should evaluate Corporate Compliance Programmes when there is the potential for bringing charges against a company or individuals, suspected of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. This new guidance is important because it provides clear pointers that should help all corporates…
With the revised Corporate Governance Code imposing new requirements on boards to assess the culture of their company, and report on it from this year, GoodCorporation’s May 2019 House of Lords lunch debate asked whether this could really be done? The UK Corporate Governance Code was updated in 2018 to take account of the recent…
The UK Government has issued a long-anticipated update to its supplier code of conduct. Michael Pollitt explores the expectations the new code places on Government suppliers, in particular the need to demonstrate a better understanding of their organisational culture. The article, published in In-Procurement, examines the steps potential suppliers can take to assess and monitor…
When the Modern Slavery Act became law in March 2015 it was considered a landmark piece of legislation; the first of its kind in Europe and one of the first in the world to address modern slavery and human trafficking. Other countries soon followed suit, France introduced the Devoir de Vigilance in 2017, Australia passed…
GoodCorporation’s data protection debate was opened by Amanda Williams, Director of Strategic Policy (Parliamentary and Government Affairs) at the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
